Hm. Well that certainly equates "rational" with a certain brutal (if perhaps short-sighted) efficiency. Perhaps the progressive left is ready to take on the neo-cons after all.
'Triage' is about ensuring the survival of the most people possible, and some unsavoury decisions need to be made on the basis of individuals' likelyhood to make it through the crisis.
I know it sounds callous, but if the UK really runs out of power, what are you going to do?
On the other hand, one can save electricity and gas by insulating one's house better and using more warm clothes and thicker blankets. What we won't be able to do is walk around in a t-shirt inside our gas-heated homes during the winter in temperate latitudes. guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
